BEIJING, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping held talks with visiting Angolan President Joao Lourenco in Beijing Tuesday, agreeing to continue developing bilateral ties. Xi said he is glad to see the second visit to Beijing in about a month by Lourenco, who came to attend the 2018 Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in… Read more »
In the vein of historical Muslim-Buddhist conflicts in Asia, is the fear among Buddhist populations, that Muslims will overwhelm them demographically. In the predominantly Buddhist country of Myanmar, some refer to the Rohingya Muslims as ” illegal immigrants.” One Burmese politician stated, ” All the Bengalis learn in their religious schools is to brutally kill and attack… It is impossible… Read more »
South Korea’s foreign minister said that Seoul is considering lifting some of its unilateral sanctions against Pyongyang to create more momentum for diplomacy aimed at improving relations and defusing the nuclear crisis. Kang Kyung-wha on Wednesday told lawmakers that the government is reviewing whether to lift sanctions South Korea imposed on the North in 2010 after a deadly attack on… Read more »
China’s far-western Xinjiang region has revised its legislation to allow local governments to “educate and transform” people influenced by extremism at “vocational training centres” – a term used by the government to describe a network of internment facilities known as “re-education camps”. The change to the law, which took effect on Tuesday, comes amid an international outcry about the secretive… Read more »
Myanmar’s neighbours in Southeast Asia have urged the country to hold those responsible for the Rohingya crisis “accountable”, Singapore said Tuesday, in a rare call for justice from within the region. Around 700,000 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar’s western Rakhine state have fled across the border to Bangladesh since August last year following a military campaign that allegedly involved murder, rape,… Read more »
Following the previous analysis post, the approaching Indonesian presidential election is well on its way in the Southeast Asian nation. On the 23rd of September, the two candidates released white doves, declaring a peaceful race between the two. Already in the election so far President Widodo has been accused of being a part of the PKI ( Indonesian Communist Party),… Read more »
A recent survey has revealed that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is considered to be more religious than his challenger in the 2019 presidential election, Prabowo Subianto. A survey commissioned by Indikator Politik Indonesia polled 1,220 respondents from Sept. 1 to 6, asking them about their views on the two presidential candidates. In terms of personal branding, 76 percent of the respondents consider Jokowi to be religious… Read more »
The UN Human Rights Council voted to set up a body to prepare evidence of human rights abuses in Myanmar – including possible genocide against the Muslim Rohingya – for any future prosecution. The 47-member council voted by 35 votes to three, with seven abstentions, on Thursday in favour of a resolution brought by the European Union and the Organization… Read more »
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on Indonesians to be aware of fake news in the upcoming simultaneous legislative and presidential elections, while dismissing once again rumors that he was a member of the banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). During a land certificate distribution ceremony on Wednesday, Jokowi said people should maintain unity and harmony between one another amid differences that could emerge during… Read more »
Bangladesh’s leader accused neighboring Myanmar of finding new excuses to delay the return of more than 700,000 Rohingya who were forced across the border over the past year, and said in an interview late Tuesday that under no circumstance would the refugees remain permanently in her already crowded country. “I already have 160 million people in my country,” Prime Minister… Read more »